Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-28 | Page 9 | Roosevelt to Put Letters in Record

ROOSEVELT TO PUT LETTERS IN RECORD Oyster Oster Da Day Bay N. N Y V. Au Aug 27 Colonel j Roosevelt desires to bring Alton Aiton B. B Parker Democratic nominee for Cor tho presidency In 1904 and James S t. Sherman Slier Sher r- r man vice president nt of oC tho thic United States Into tho the inquiry into campaign contributions authorized yesterday e by bythe bythe bytho the tho Senate b by the adoption of tho the Peti- Peti roso rose resolution lie said today that tha t he lie would place their names be before ore tho the Senate committee commit commit- tee In his letter to Senator ClappI Clapp I shall hall Include In m my letter to Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Clapp tho the coloneL said buld tho the letter letter letter let let- ter which 1 wrote to Judge Parker In InlO lO 1001 I and my letter Jelter to Sherman on tho the contribution I think th thy they y yare are pertinent to the tho Inquiry and I want to get et them on tho the record Not Nor will Colonel Roosevelt allow allo to togo togo go goo unchallenged tho the report that Philander Philander Philan Philan- der lor C C. Knox now secretary of state saw him In 1004 1904 as ns he was dictating a n aletter aletter letter to George Goorge e U. U Cortelyou about tho alleged Standard Oil contribution and told him that hat the money mono had b boon been on spent and anel could not be bo returned and that Colonel Colonel Colonel Col Col- onel Roosevelt ell remarked that thal the letter was being written for tor tho record Mr Ir Knox Kno ma may have havo heard mo me f say nay these letters will put Jut the time record 1 straight might or this will establish a record of ot my attitude but It It Is not notto notto to 10 be Inferred rrell from this remark 1 I dont don't sa say that I did mimi make It It but I may ma hive o thit they written solely for the record They were genuine genuino lett letters let let- t r rs and expressed cd Just J what I J wanted to tn express when I first heard of tim the report that the tho Standard Oil had contributed con con- o. o or wonted wanted to contribute to my It will lI bo be several lays days l before Colo- Colo nol iol Roosevelt's letter to Senator ClappI Clapp I ia Is made public The colonel said suld tonight to- to I nl night ht that he ho did not nol receive until late lato today a n copy of ot John D. D Archbold's testimony tes- tes before the Senate Investigating I committee which Is IR to form orm the bat basis of ot an important portion of his bits letter bettor and that he lie had a Jon long nhea with his secretary before finishing hla his work It is lit probable the time letter will bI bd bi given Shen out early next week I plans Plana for Cor Colonel Colon 1 Roosevelt's three three- da day tour through Vermont beginning Thursday or completed today V.